Public health officials haven't held back in linking obesity to worse outcomes for patients with the novel coronavirus COVID-19.<br />But organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are, under the guise of matter-of-factness, covertly fat-shaming the overweight.<br />Body relationship coach Ivy Felicia says the messaging around weight and COVID-19 might negatively affect those at higher weights.<br />HuffPost reports eating disorder therapist Shira Rosenbluth also takes issue with the weight loss campaigns public health officials are promoting right now.<br />Telling higher-weight people they’re more likely to die, for them to be under that kind of stress, is obviously very unhealthy. Shira Rosenbluth Eating disorder therapist
